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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a prosperous leather merchant in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. He attended grammar school, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway, and eventually left Stratford for London to pursue a career in the theater. Legend has it that Shakespeare began his career by holding the reins of horses for theater patrons; in any event, he quickly worked his way up the ranks of his chosen profession. By the early seventeenth century, he had written some of the greatest plays the world has ever seen, and was, along with Ben Jonson, the most popular writer in England. He owned his own theater, the Globe, and amassed enough wealth from this venture to retire to Stratford as a wealthy gentleman. He died in 1616, and was hailed by Jonson and others as the apogee of theater during the Renaissance of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Shakespeare's works were collected and printed in various editions in the century following his death, and by the early eighteenth century his reputation as the greatest poet ever to write in English was well established. The unprecedented admiration garnered by his works led to a fierce curiosity about Shakespeare's life; but the
Laertes is pleased that Hamlet has come back to Denmark, and that his revenge will not be delayed. That morning, the new king, the former king's brother Claudius, gives a speech to his courtiers about his recent marriage to Gertrude, his brother's widow and Hamlet's mother. As Ophelia is laid in the earth, Hamlet realizes who has died; at the same moment, Laertes becomes infuriated with the priest, who says that to give Ophelia a proper Christian burial would profane the dead, and leaps into Ophelia's grave to hold her once again in his arms. "My thoughts be bloody," Hamlet says; it is telling that he does not say "My deeds. Relieved, Claudius declares that he will see to this business later. Intensely moved, Hamlet swears to remember and obey the ghost. Hamlet scores the first hit, but declines to drink from the king's proffered goblet; instead, Gertrude takes a drink from it, and is swiftly killed by the poison. He tells Horatio that he has no sympathy for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who "did make love to this employment," but that he feels sorry for having behaved with such hostility toward Laertes. Polonius seems by turns a doddering, pompous fool and a sinister manipulator (and has been played onstage as both). Polonius enters, and reminds the king of his plan to hide in Gertrude's room and observe Hamlet's confrontation with her. That said, there are a number of clear, important themes that dominate the play and form the core of its interpretability. Commentary Again, the limitations of theological law prevent Hamlet from taking action. " The gravedigger, who does not recognize Hamlet as his prince, tells him that he has been a gravedigger since the old King Hamlet defeated the old Fortinbras in battle, the very day on which young Prince Hamlet was born. Claudius calls for his guards, and a gentleman enters to warn the king that Laertes has come with a mob of commoners who call him "lord," and who say, "Laertes shall be king. Horatio is loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play; after Hamlet's death at the end of the play, Horatio remains alive to tell Hamlet's story.
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